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Definition :

Motive, a state of mind; an incentive; an object. Relevant evidence of intention.

Motive' is the moving power which impels action for a definite result, or to put it differently, 'motive' is that which incites or stimulates a person to do an Act, Chandra Prakash Shahi v. State of U.P., AIR 2000 SC 1706: (2000) 5 SCC 152. See also Basdev v. State of Pepsu, AIR 1956 SC 488.